Alabama

Early morning temperatures in Birmingham fell to as low as 62 degrees, according to preliminary observations from the National Weather Service. That would make this year's July 4 one of the six coolest ever in Birmingham.
(National Weather Service)

If you walked outside your Birmingham home this morning and thought the weather felt a bit unusual, let this story serve as validation.

Temperatures in Birmingham fell as low as 62 degrees Friday morning, according to preliminary observation data provided by the National Weather Service. The coolest breezes were blowing around 6 a.m.

If and when that figure becomes official, it will represent one of the coolest July 4th mornings on record for Birmingham. Over the last 119 years, the minimum temperature in Birmingham on July 4 has only fallen below 63 just six times.

On July 4, 1924, the temperature fell to a chilling minimum of 58 degrees, the lowest on record for Birmingham. The last time Birmingham felt this cool on July 4 was in 1996, when the low reached 59.

The chart above shows the low temperature for Birmingham on July 4 going back to 1896.